Natalie Cassidy looked almost unrecognizable from her on-screen character Sonia Fowler as she got glammed up for the TV Choice Awards on Monday night.
The EastEnders actress, 40, shared the stunning snap on social media before heading to the awards ceremony in London with her co-stars.
Natalie, wearing a crisp white shirt with a metallic silver skirt, opted for a full face of makeup with a wavy, wavy hairstyle.
She first played the role of Sonia on the soap in December 1993, but Natalie’s off-screen appearance is a far cry from her disheveled character.
The soap star joked that the transformation “took a few hours” and shared her fears that her outfit would be wrinkled when she arrived at the venue.
Natalie Cassidy looked almost unrecognizable from her on-screen character Sonia Fowler as she got glammed up for the TV Choice Awards on Monday night.
The soap star joked that the transformation “took a few hours” and shared her fears that her outfit would be wrinkled when she arrived at the venue.
She wrote in the caption: ‘Ready for the TV Choice Awards. It only took a few hours. @sophevs_1991 to be fair we don’t stop talking and laughing.
‘Thank you as always for my makeup and hair. Get dressed with the help of @beffyswardrobe. Although when I get out of the taxi and my shirt is not bunched up and wrinkled, the photos will look beautiful.
Once she arrived at the party, Natalie posed for the cameras in her elegant look, which she had paired with a pair of white heeled boots.
The TV Choice Awards were held at The London Hilton on Park Lane.
The awards ceremony was not broadcast live, with TV Choice instead announcing the winners online.
Happy Valley and Netflix’s Heartstopper were favorites at the awards, with both receiving three nominations each.
And Happy Valley scored a double win after its final series aired last year.
The show was named winner of the Best Drama Series award after taking on Netflix’s Heartstopper, Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small and ITV1’s Vera.
Sarah Lancashire, 59, who played Catherine Cawood, won Best Actress.
She first played the role of Sonia on the soap in December 1993, but Natalie’s off-screen appearance is a far cry from her disheveled character (pictured in July 2023).
Once she arrived at the party, Natalie posed for the cameras in her elegant look, which she had paired with a pair of white heeled boots.
Natalie, wearing a crisp white shirt with a metallic silver skirt, opted for a full face of makeup with a wavy, wavy hairstyle.
Around 7.5 million viewers watched the climax of the BBC One drama, in which James Norton’s escaped convict Royce set himself on fire in the kitchen of Sarah’s beleaguered officer, making him one of the most watched individual programs of the year.
The TV Choice Awards 2024 celebrated another big year on television and at the glitzy ceremony some of Britain’s biggest celebrities took home the coveted trophies, as voted by the British public.
Emmerdale was named Best Soap, having last won in 2022, while cast member Jeff Hordley, 53, who plays Cain Dingle, picked up his first TV Choice Awards by triumphing in the Best Soap Actor category. .
Dame Maureen Lipman, 77, who plays Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street, won Best Soap Actress, while Martin Clunes, 62, won Best Actor for his role in Doc Martin.
Elsewhere, Beyond Paradise won in the Best New Drama category, while Call The Midwife won Best Family Drama and Mrs Brown’s Boys won Best Comedy Programme.
I’m a celebrity… Get me out of here! and I’m A Celeb South Africa won in the Best Reality Show category, both Gogglebox and Celebrity Gogglebox won Best Entertainment Programme.
Martin Lewis Money Show Live, which airs on ITV1, won Best Lifestyle Show, BBC One’s Animal Park was named winner of Best Daytime Show, James Martin’s Saturday Morning, which airs on ITV , won in the Best Food Program category and Channel 5’s Winter on the Farm and Springtime on the Farm won Best Factual Programme.
The Great British Bake Off, Bake Off The Professionals, Junior Bake Off and The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice won Best Talent Show, while ITV1’s The Chase won Best Game Show and Netflix was named Favorite Streaming Channel/Site.
Although it did not win, Los Traidores was nominated in the Best Reality Show category along with I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, Queer Eye and At Home with the Furies.